FORMATION OF THE GENRE OF CLAVIER SONATA IN AUSTRIA: SONATAS BY LEOPOLD KOZELUCH (FROM THE MUSIC COLLECTION OF THE RAZUMOVSKYS)
FORMATION OF THE GENRE OF CLAVIER SONATA IN AUSTRIA: SONATAS BY LEOPOLD KOZELUCH(FROM THE MUSIC COLLECTION OF THE RAZUMOVSKYS)

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the period of European culture associated with the formation of the Viennese Classical School inAustria. The transition of music from the baroque to the classical style in the second half of the 18th century was marked bythe work of some composers, whose works received various names of stylistic movements, such as “Storm and Wind”, or namesspecific to the style of orientation of these movements – gallant, sentimental or mixed. A special place in the constellation ofcomposers from this period belongs to Leopold Kozeluch (1747-1818), Czech by origin, who received a selected education inPrague and Vienna, being a student of F. Dušek and A. Salieri. Later, Leopold Kozeluchva occupied a place of honor in Austrianmusical culture.Among the numerous works for harpsichord and other instruments signed by Leopold Kozeluch, the Three Sonatasdedicated to Princess Liechtenstein are of particular interest, due not only to the musical material of the sonatas themselves,which reproduce the solemn theme of J. Brahms’ work, but also, directly, to the person to whom they are dedicated – thePrincess of Liechtenstein. The Three Sonatas in three movements can form an integral cycle, determined by the internal logicof the unfolding of the events, but they can also be interpreted separately, undoubtedly representing significant individualartistic values.

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